oversolicitous

Most people find Her a little garrulous and oversolicitous, but She cannot be accused of not caring.

'Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives' 2009

Most people find Her a little garrulous and oversolicitous, but She cannot be accused of not caring.

'Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives' 2009

Was it his imagination, or was Kaelor a bit overalert, oversolicitous?

Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

Since he had a project of his own, he was only too glad to see the last of his oversolicitous family for awhile.

Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958

Since he had a project of his own, he was only too glad to see die last of his oversolicitous family for awhile.

Ralestone Luck Norton, Andre 1938

This alone was more afflicting to me than the shame of faltering before so many witnesses, which, notwithstanding, was sufficiently painful; for though not oversolicitous of praise, I was feelingly alive to shame; yet I can truly affirm, the dread of being reprimanded by Miss Lambercier alarmed me less than the thought of making her uneasy.

The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896

This alone was more afflicting to me than the shame of faltering before so many witnesses, which, notwithstanding, was sufficiently painful; for though not oversolicitous of praise, I was feelingly alive to shame; yet I can truly affirm, the dread of being reprimanded by Miss Lambercier alarmed me less than the thought of making her uneasy.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 01 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745

This alone was more afflicting to me than the shame of faltering before so many witnesses, which, notwithstanding, was sufficiently painful; for though not oversolicitous of praise, I was feelingly alive to shame; yet I can truly affirm, the dread of being reprimanded by Miss Lambercier alarmed me less than the thought of making her uneasy.

The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745

Richard Weissbourd, a psychologist at Harvard's School of Education and the Kennedy School of Government, recounts the anecdote about Chris's oversolicitous stepfather in "

The Praise Craze Dana Mack 2009